Centre for Catholic Studies Podcast
Centre for Catholic Studies
The Durham Centre for Catholic Studies is the first of its kind in British higher education. It represents a creative partnership between academy and church: a centre within the pluralist, public academy for critically constructive Catholic studies of the highest academic standing.
The aims of the Centre for Catholic Studies are:
-To provide a distinctive forum for the creative analysis of key issues in Catholic thought, culture, and practice.
-To engage, inform and shape public and ecclesial life from a leading knowledge and research base.
-To engage the breadth and depth of Catholic tradition in conversation both with the full range of disciplines and perspectives in a leading university and with the range of other faith traditions.
-To develop and pursue major collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects and to attract associated grant awards and philanthropic support.
-To model a vibrant and inclusive community of scholars of Catholicism and practitioners of Catholic theology.
-To form outstanding theologians who will shape the future from the richness of Catholic tradition in the church, academy, and public life.
-To foster and develop excellent working relationships with relevant regional, national and international public and ecclesial bodies.
The aims of the Centre for Catholic Studies are:
-To provide a distinctive forum for the creative analysis of key issues in Catholic thought, culture, and practice.
-To engage, inform and shape public and ecclesial life from a leading knowledge and research base.
-To engage the breadth and depth of Catholic tradition in conversation both with the full range of disciplines and perspectives in a leading university and with the range of other faith traditions.
-To develop and pursue major collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects and to attract associated grant awards and philanthropic support.
-To model a vibrant and inclusive community of scholars of Catholicism and practitioners of Catholic theology.
-To form outstanding theologians who will shape the future from the richness of Catholic tradition in the church, academy, and public life.
-To foster and develop excellent working relationships with relevant regional, national and international public and ecclesial bodies.
Episodes
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Jul 23, 2019 • 1h 2min
Patricia Waugh: Muriel Spark's Imagination
Welcome, and thank you for listening to this presentation hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies located at Durham University in Durham, United Kingdom. A centre for Catholic theology in the public academy. For more information, visit our website at www.centreforcatholicstudies.co.uk, or follow us on Twitter @CCSDham.
The following lecture was presented in July 2019 at the Biennial Conference on Catholicism, Literature and the Arts—organized in partnership by the Centre for Catholic Studies, the University of Notre Dame and Ushaw College.
The lecture was given by Professor Patricia Waugh, Professor in the Department of English at Durham University, and is entitled ‘Muriel Spark’s Imagination: Creativity as Spiritual Exercise’
Jul 23, 2019 • 49min
Paul B. Murray OP: Poetry and Religion, Friends or Foes?
Welcome, and thank you for listening to this presentation hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies located at Durham University in Durham, United Kingdom. A centre for Catholic theology in the public academy. For more information, visit our website at www.centreforcatholicstudies.co.uk, or follow us on Twitter @CCSDham.
The following lecture was presented in July 2019 at the Biennial Conference on Catholicism, Literature and the Arts—organized in partnership by the Centre for Catholic Studies, the University of Notre Dame and Ushaw College.
The lecture was given by Father Paul B. Murray, professor of theology at the Angelicum University in Rome, and is entitled ‘At the Threshold of Wonder: Poetry and Religion, Friends or Foes?’
Jul 23, 2019 • 47min
Robin Jensen: Epiphany, Visuality and Christian Art
Welcome, and thank you for listening to this presentation hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies located at Durham University in Durham, United Kingdom. A centre for Catholic theology in the public academy. For more information, visit our website at www.centreforcatholicstudies.co.uk, or follow us on Twitter @CCSDham.
The following lecture was presented in July 2019 at the Biennial Conference on Catholicism, Literature and the Arts—organized in partnership by the Centre for Catholic Studies, the University of Notre Dame and Ushaw College.
The lecture was given by Professor Robin Jensen, the Patrick O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, and is entitled ‘Epiphany, Visuality and Christian Art.’
Jul 23, 2019 • 59min
Martin Dubois: Vernacular Hopkins
Welcome, and thank you for listening to this presentation hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies located at Durham University in Durham, United Kingdom. A centre for Catholic theology in the public academy. For more information, visit our website at www.centreforcatholicstudies.co.uk, or follow us on Twitter @CCSDham.
The following lecture was presented in July 2019 at the Biennial Conference on Catholicism, Literature and the Arts—organized in partnership by the Centre for Catholic Studies, the University of Notre Dame and Ushaw College.
The lecture was given by Dr Martin Dubois, Assistant Professor in the Department of English Studies at Durham University, and is entitled ‘Vernacular Hopkins.’
Jul 23, 2019 • 40min
Elizabeth Biggs: Durham's Response to the Reformation
Welcome, and thank you for listening to this presentation hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies located at Durham University in Durham, United Kingdom. A centre for Catholic theology in the public academy. For more information, visit our website at www.centreforcatholicstudies.co.uk, or follow us on Twitter @CCSDham.
The following lecture was presented on the 18th of June, 2019, by Dr Elizabeth Biggs, Lendrum Priory Library Visiting Fellow at the Durham Residential Research Library. This is the Lendrum Priory Library Fellow Lecture, presented as part of the Ushaw Lecture Series, and is entitled ‘Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall and Durham’s Response to the Reformation’
Jul 23, 2019 • 47min
Edward Howells: Human Desire and Divine Desire
Welcome, and thank you for listening to this presentation hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies located at Durham University in Durham, United Kingdom. A centre for Catholic theology in the public academy. For more information, visit our website at www.centreforcatholicstudies.co.uk, or follow us on Twitter @CCSDham.
The following lecture was presented on the 12th of June, 2019, by Dr Edward Howells, Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Roehampton. The lecture is part of the Catholic Theology Research Seminar Series, and is entitled ‘Human Desire and Divine Desire: The Case of John of the Cross’
Jul 23, 2019 • 33min
June Dickie: Psalms ‘translated’, a South African Perspective
The following lecture was presented in June 2019 at the New Song Conference: Biblical Hebrew Poetry as Jewish and Christian Scripture for the 21st Century. The conference was organized in partnership by the Centre for Catholic Studies, the Durham University Centre for the Study of Jewish Culture, Society, and Politics and Ushaw College.
The lecture was given by Dr June Francis Dickie, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa, and is entitled ‘Psalms ‘translated’ for life in the 21st Century – a South African Perspective’
Jul 23, 2019 • 38min
Ellen Davis: Bending the Silence
The following lecture was presented in June 2019 at the New Song Conference: Biblical Hebrew Poetry as Jewish and Christian Scripture for the 21st Century. The conference was organized in partnership by the Centre for Catholic Studies, the Durham University Centre for the Study of Jewish Culture, Society, and Politics and Ushaw College.
The lecture was given by Professor Ellen Davis, the Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University, and is entitled ‘Bending the Silence.’
Jul 23, 2019 • 33min
John Goldingay: On Genesis 49
The following lecture was presented in June 2019 at the New Song Conference: Biblical Hebrew Poetry as Jewish and Christian Scripture for the 21st Century. The conference was organized in partnership by the Centre for Catholic Studies, the Durham University Centre for the Study of Jewish Culture, Society, and Politics and Ushaw College.
The lecture was given by Professor John Goldingay, Professor of Old Testament and the David Allan Hubbard Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, and is entitled ‘On Reading Genesis 49.’
Jul 23, 2019 • 30min
David Firth: Hannah's Song (1 Samuel 2.1-10)
David Firth: Hannah's Song (1 Samuel 2.1-10) by Centre for Catholic Studies
